New South Wales Consolidated Acts

STATE EMERGENCY AND RESCUE MANAGEMENT ACT 1989 - SECT 15

15 Responsibility and functions of State Emergency Management Committee

(1) The State Emergency Management Committee is the principal committee established under this Act for the purposes of emergency management throughout the State and, in particular, is responsible for emergency planning at a State level.

(2) The State Emergency Management Committee has the following functions in relation to emergency management at a State level:

(a) to identify, evaluate and monitor hazards and threats to life and property,

(b) to establish and review appropriate emergency management structures at all levels,

(c) to identify emergency resources both within and outside the State and make plans for the allocation and co-ordination of the use of those resources,

(d) to establish and review systems for use in the control and co-ordination of emergency operations,

(e) to review and recommend emergency management legislation (including legislation and proposals for legislation of other agencies),

(f) to advise the Minister on the creation of combined local government emergency management arrangements,

(g) to establish communication networks within and between functional areas at all levels,

(h) to review plans at all levels and within each emergency services organisation and functional area,

(i) to produce specific hazard management guidelines,

(j) to arrange emergency management training for individuals, including individuals employed in emergency services organisations and functional areas,

(k) to produce and disseminate educational material on established emergency management policies and procedures,

(l) to arrange the conduct of training exercises to periodically test emergency management plans,

(m) to advise the Minister on the declaration of states of emergencies,

(n) to advise on the efficient use of local government resources in relation to Displan,

(o) to assist in the selection and training of district and local government personnel for appointment to relevant organisations under this Part,

(p) to act as the single point of contact for Commonwealth support to emergency operations in New South Wales in the absence of other arrangements,

(q) to produce standing orders and instructions and standing operating procedures under Displan,

(r) to assist the Minister, as required, in the preparation and review of Displan, and

(s) to arrange for graduated warnings of emergencies to the public.